Ziggy Stardust said:
Haljordan, I'm usually a very mild mannered and patient person, but for the love of God, please listen to this young filmmaker!
That's like if I said that someone should walk up to Sean Connery, tell him to do a remake of Never Say Never Again, then make Dragonheart 3, and then reenact Outland with a bunch of sock puppets! Believe me, I've tried ;).
There is no difference at all between what you just said and what I just stated above!
Just want a little perspective is all.
I believe there is a difference.
I do not believe lucas original vision for the PT films is what he put on film. I think he had an advisor telling him the proper things to do to make the most money off toys and things of that nature.
I have a lucas interview from the mid 80s where he says the prequel films will not be kid friendly and they will be much more serious. Lucas sold pixar for 2 million dollars. it is common knowledge after his divorce he was hurting for money. Every action he took with the PT films just points in the direction of what a GOOD advisor would tell him to do. I would have done the same and told him the same. the money from toys over shadows the money from films. He had to make the films kid friendly and guarntee toys would sell. take a minute and think about the things he did with the pt.
He made the hero in episode 1 a child. he made a jar jar character for the kids. comic reliefe that ONLY children would find funny. He had to make sure he brought in a new generation of kid fans. if he had made the pt films serious like he once claimed kids would have been bored with it and hated it. Lucas also said yrs ago that x-wings would be the premier ship in the pt films. he said the rebels were poor and not well equpied and used out of date technology and in the pt era x-wings would be state of the art. Most all fans and collectors already own x wings and if he used them instead of the new ones that would have cost millions and millions in toy sales. no one would buy another x-wing for their collection. so he designed new ships for fans to buy. With episode 3 he tried to make it a serious and darker film but by then the damage had already been done.
He made the PT films from a piint of view "how do I make the most money?" NOT how do I make the best film. L:ucas needs to remake them and do it this time with the goal of making the best film possible. Not with the goal of getting a new generation of kid fans. Lucas excuses the goal on kids by saying that star wars was always meant for children and this and that. I can not find one person would watches a new hope and finds it geared towrds children. it is not hokey and it does not have kid humor in it. it is a film that can be enjoyed by adults and kids alike. same as the wizard of oz. neither of those films has the type of slap you in yuor face this is meant for children comedy that jar jar brings.
watching episode 1 and the jar jar antics and the child anakin just makes you scratch your head and say why..unless you think about what I just said. it was done for a reason. to bring in children and sell toys. If kids would have entered episode 1 and the filmwould have been serious like 80s lucas said they would be and it was a film like a mixture of epmire strikes back and the godfather kids would have been bored to death and they would have hated it. BUT they could have been hailed as great films. considering luas was hurting for money and almos tbroke. he done the right thing to keep his company afloat. NOW though he can correct the wrongs and just give us the great films we all expected